CVE-2016-1895 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in NetApp Data ONTAP via unsafe user input string handling.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-1895?

CVE-2016-1895 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.5 and 8.3.x before 8.3.2P12 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to unsafe user input string handling.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1895?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netapp Data Ontap.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1895?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-1895 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-488x-jpc9-9c55.

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